Built by Mistakes Podcast

What if the biggest mistake you're making as a leader isn't a bad decision — it's the decision you keep putting off? In Episode 2 of Built by Mistakes, Skip Thompson gets honest about the leadership trap he fell into early in his career — putting his head down, grinding through the work, and avoiding the difficult issues until they became impossible to ignore. The problem with avoid...

What happens when a high-performer becomes a leader — and never adjusts their expectations? In Episode 1 of Built by Mistakes, host Skip Thompson takes you back to a pivotal moment in his career — a Sunday afternoon alone in the office, grinding away, getting madder by the minute that nobody else was there. What he didn't realize yet was that his frustration wasn't his team's failur...

Have you ever looked back at a mistake, a failure, a moment  you'd do differently — and realized it was the thing that  actually made you? Welcome to Built by Mistakes — a podcast about leadership,  resilience, and growth hosted by Skip Thompson. With 43 years in the green industry, Skip has led teams,  built companies, navigated mergers, and made every mistake in  the book. Now he's sha...